diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6b281f33f737d..142d6689f1088 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+clang/bindings/python/.git_archival.txt  export-subst
+
 libcxx/src/**/*.cpp     merge=libcxx-reformat
 libcxx/include/**/*.h   merge=libcxx-reformat
 
diff --git a/clang/bindings/python/.git_archival.txt b/clang/bindings/python/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7876d4af4c620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/bindings/python/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node: $Format:%H$
+node-date: $Format:%cI$
+describe-name: $Format:%(describe:tags=true,match=llvmorg-*[0-9]*)$
diff --git a/clang/bindings/python/.gitignore b/clang/bindings/python/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1641a745fb682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/bindings/python/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# setuptools_scm auto-generated version file
+_version.py
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
diff --git a/clang/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/clang/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..69fd628e8222a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling>=1.27", "hatch-vcs>=0.4"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "clang"
+description = "clang python bindings"
+readme = {file = "README.txt", content-type = "text/plain"}
+
+license = "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception"
+authors = [
+    { name = "LLVM" }
+]
+keywords = ["llvm", "clang", "libclang"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Compilers",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://clang.llvm.org/"
+Download = "https://llvm.org/releases/download.html"
+Discussions = "https://discourse.llvm.org/"
+"Issue Tracker" = "https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues"
+"Source Code" = "https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/tree/main/clang/bindings/python"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+version-scheme = "no-guess-dev"
+# regex version capture group gets x.y.z with optional -rcN, -aN, -bN suffixes; -init is just consumed
+tag-pattern = "^llvmorg-(?P<version>\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*(?:-rc\\d+)?)"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "clang/_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
+search_parent_directories = true
+version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"